tuesday
tues various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
► cookie queens at mcgolrick park (greenpoint) >>
► enchanted and mamma mia! at domino park (williamsburg) >>
► legally blonde at heineken riverdeck/pier 17 (seaport (lower manhattan) >>
tues 11am + 5pm: free froyo + cookies: in honor of national chocolate chip cookie day, butterfield market and tate’s bake shop are giving away 1,000 free froyo cups topped with a chocolate chip cookie. while supplies last, at both butterfield market locations: 1114 lexington ave (@ e 78th st.) and 1150 madison ave (@ e 85th st.). >>
tues 6pm: eve plumb: happiness included: jan brady and beyond: eve plumb celebrates her new memoir at rizzoli bookstore (flatiron), looking back on her years as the brady bunch‘s middle sister and the career that followed. cabaret host jim caruso moderates the conversation, followed by a signing. free admission, $36.69 ticket option includes a signed copy of the book. >>
tues 7pm: person place thing: a live recording: the long-running interview show invites guests to share stories about one person, one place, and one thing that mean something to them. tonight, host randy cohen welcomes comedian myq kaplan, with live music from taylor ashton. the show will be recorded for later broadcast on northeast public radio. littlefield (gowanus), $9.73 with promo code ‘ppt8’ (reg. $18.71). >>
tues 7pm: julie klausner + todd oldham: difficult people blu-ray release + american movie screening: julie klausner celebrates the blu-ray release of difficult people with a 35mm screening of one of her favorite films, chris smith’s 1999 documentary american movie, preceded by an episode of the show. designer todd oldham joins klausner for a post-screening conversation, with blu-rays available for purchase and signing. roxy cinema (tribeca), $19 admission. >>
tues 7pm (tuesdays thru 8/11): live at the gantries: set against the waterfront backdrop of gantry plaza state park in lic, the live at the gantries series of outdoor concerts returns with artists spanning global sounds, jazz, soul, latin music, indie, folk, and more. tonight: bartlett contemporaries with the uptown funk sound. free admission. >>
tues 7:30pm (season finale): naumburg orchestral concerts: since 1905, the naumburg orchestral concerts season has brought free music to central park. returning to the historic naumburg bandshell for its 121st season, tonight’s program features nosky’s baroque band performing works by bach, torelli, corelli, and telemann. hosted by wqxr’s annie bergen. all concerts are free to attend and will be broadcast live. >>
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wednesday
weds thru 8/29: queens short play festival: the queens short play festival returns to the secret theatre (lic) with 35 new plays across seven programs. $25 general, $18 seniors. >>
weds thru sun: 15th annual greenpoint film festival: the greenpoint film festival is back with eight narrative features, six documentary features, 91 narrative shorts, 19 documentary shorts, and seven animated films, plus filmmaker q+a, industry panels, and more. broadway stages (greenpoint), $10-20. >>
weds thru sat (season ends saturday): lincoln center’s summer for the city: lincoln center’s annual campus-wide arts festival returns with two months of free and choose-what-you-pay concerts, performances, film screenings, dance parties, and more. this week: hurray for the riff raff (weds 7:30pm); malkit singh (thurs 7:30pm); zayra pola (fri 6:30pm); jamaica day with speaker breaker, black uhuru, and dj max glazer (sat 5:30pm, 8pm, 10pm); and more. >>
weds various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
► how to train your dragon at playground in cooper park (east williamsburg) >>
► inside out 2 at carl schurz park (yorkville) >>
► robot dreams at harlem art park (east harlem) >>
► shrek 2 at long meadow lawn in prospect park (brooklyn) >>
► super troopers at the tompkins square park bandshell (east village). bonus: free pizza, shaved ice, and popcorn (while supplies last). >>
► sponsored: the devil wears prada at parklife (gowanus). note: food/drink purchase required. >>
► the good dinosaur at riverside park south’s pier i (uws) >>
weds 5-8pm: sva artist residency programs open studios: session ii: explore the creative spaces of 40+ residency participants from school of visual arts’s painting and mixed media, illustration and visual storytelling, and lens and screen arts programs. sva flatiron gallery, free admission. >>
weds 6:30pm (bi-weekly thru 9/2): yoga club: ‘touching grass’ tour: continuing its ‘touching grass’ tour of nyc parks, yoga club brings a free all-levels vinyasa session to mccarren parkhouse (williamsburg). byo mat. >>
weds 7pm: millennials ‘r us: comedian brandon collins (drunk black history) gathers his generation’s most emotionally unavailable storytellers and comedians for a night dedicated to the millennial experience: the burnout, sidekick phones, and the participation trophies that didn’t prepare anyone for life in 2026. caveat (les), $20.29 with promo code ‘skint’ (reg. $24-25) >>
weds 7pm (wednesdays): baby shoes comedy: clare donaher and alex murdoch’s baby shoes comedy show delivers grown-up laughs with a fresh lineup of comedians each week. tonight’s show features liam nelson, cori dech, natalie lin, and andrei buna. black cat les, free admission. >>
weds 7pm (season ends today): bpl’s plaza performance series: swingtime big band fills brooklyn public library’s plaza (prospect heights) with music and dancing. free admission. >>
weds 7pm (wednesdays thru 8/12): jazz at pier 84: celebrate all things jazz with live music by local artists in hudson river park. the 2026 season continues tonight with pucci amanda jhones. free admission. >>
weds 7pm: night sky salon: reach for the stars at westlight, where a dusk-to-night rooftop hangout pairs telescopes and stargazing with immersive projections and a soundtrack curated by discovery zone and paint. westlight rooftop bar at the william vale (williamsburg), free admission. >>
weds 7:30pm (monthly): cold plunge with kurt braunohler: comedian and actor kurt braunohler (bananas podcast, bob’s burgers) hosts the cold plunge stand-up show at park slope’s union hall. tonight’s performers: joe pera (adult swim), rose kelso (fallon), melissa strype (@thebiglissa), carson olshansky (reductress), and emil wakim (snl). $12 adv, $15 door. >>
weds 8pm: an american werewolf in london: brooklyn horror society presents a screening of john landis’ 1981 comedy horror classic at lucky 13 saloon (gowanus). free admission. >>
thursday
thurs thru 8/23: the annual little shakespeare festival: ‘shakespunk’: 16 indie shows shake things up with unexpected takes on the bard’s classics. under st. marks theater (east village), pay-what-you-can admission ($7 min, $25 suggested). >>
thurs thru 8/16: catvideofest 2026: skip the scrolling and see cats command the big screen at this annual feline film fest where a portion of ticket proceeds benefit local animal shelters and welfare organizations. alamo drafthouse, dctv firehouse, ifc center, museum of the moving image, nitehawk cinema williamsburg and prospect park, and syndicated. various prices. >>
thurs thru 8/16: chain nyc film festival: discover independent cinema from around the world at this annual festival featuring narrative and documentary features, shorts, animation, thrillers, and more. chain theatre (garment district), $13 adv, $15 door. >>
thurs various times (weather permitting): free outdoor movies:
► hoppers at the unisphere in flushing meadows corona park >>
► jurassic park at brooklyn bridge park’s harbor view lawn >>
► she’s the man at heineken riverdeck/pier 17 (seaport (lower manhattan) >>
► strange world at 145th st + the hudson river >>
► summer of soul (…or, when the revolution could not be televised) at morningside park softball fields >>
► the land before time at bush terminal park (sunset park) >>
► the last angel in history at the prospect park boathouse (brooklyn) >>
► the marvels at playground one (les) >>
thurs 12:30pm (thursdays thru 8/13): broadway in bryant park: broadway performers sing their biggest hits at bryant park’s lunchtime series. today: little shop of horrors, mj, operation mincemeat, schmigadoon!, the outsiders, and two strangers (carry a cake across new york). hosted by lite fm’s rich kaminski. free admission. >>
thurs 5pm doors: z100 summer bash ’26: iheartradio’s z100 summer bash is back at hudson yards with an outdoor concert featuring performances by charlie puth, yeonjun, bella kay, and jyt. free admission. >>
thurs 6-9pm (monthly): first thursdays at the ukrainian museum: the ukrainian museum stays open late for exhibition exploring, drinks, and conversation in the east village. this month’s edition also features author david mulkins presenting the bowery: from tap dance + vaudeville to skid row + punk rock. $10 admission, + $5 for the book presentation. >>
thurs 7pm doors: summerstage: the city parks foundation presents its 40th season of free and benefit performances across the city. tonight: andrew bird with wordless music orchestra present a 20th anniversary performance of the mysterious production of eggs at central park’s rumsey playfield. free admission. >>
ongoing
our roundup of 70+ ongoing events: summer restaurant week, coney island friday night fireworks, shakespeare in the park, and more. >>
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